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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the first litter's gestation?
(a) 35 days.
(b) 90 days.
(c) 22 days.
(d) 7 days.

2. What does Marlowe ask of King?
(a) A light for his cigarette.
(b) To help the chaplain.
(c) To help the doctor.
(d) To befriend another enlisted man.

3. On what do the officers depend heavily for survival?
(a) The blind eyes of the Korean guards.
(b) A goat which they milk.
(c) Three hens.
(d) A milk cow.

4. Why does the King thank Sgt. Masters?
(a) For tipping the King off about Lt. Grey's message.
(b) For the wine the Sgt. gives the King.
(c) For helping the King recover from a bout of Malaria.
(d) To ask when some quinine might become available.

5. What is Rusa tikus?
(a) Rat meat.
(b) The code word to the Korean guard who lets the King into the village.
(c) The swear word that a captive Russian civilian uses all the time.
(d) The code word for accessing the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do three officers share after the rain?

2. About what does Grey read?

3. Why is Grey angry?

4. How does the King get Vexley talking about rat breeding?

5. Who is Tex?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Col. Brant reprimand and for what reason?

2. How does Marlowe demonstrate the part of his personality that might be labeled risk taker or thrill seeker?

3. What is the status of Eve at the opening of Chapter 11?

4. Describe Lt. Grey.

5. What does Vexley teach and how does it help the rat business?

6. Describe Flt. Lt. Peter Marlowe.

7. Describe The King.

8. What does Malowe learn about rats?

9. What are Max, Tex and Marlowe doing at the opening of Chapter 9 and why?

10. Why does Lt. Grey arrest two of Larkin's men and what is Larkin's response?

(see the answer keys)

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